Quantitative trait loci for abdominal fat and BMI in Hispanic-Americans and African-Americans: The IRAS Family Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-77

  Norris, J M ^a   Langefeld, C D ^b   Scherzinger, A L ^a   Rich, S S ^b   Bookman, E ^c   Beck, S R ^b   Saad, M F ^d   Haffner, S M ^e   Bergman, R N ^f   Bowden, D W ^b   Wagenknecht, L E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; African American; Genetics; Genome scan; Hispanic American; Linkage analysis; Subcutaneous fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOME SCAN; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 19944426878     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802793     Document Type: Article

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